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Work with professionals in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Through weekly meetings and four- to six-week modules that cover a variety of disciplines, STEM Scouts is designed to be fast paced, thought provoking, and fun. The coed program, available to elementary, middle, and high school students, provides a great opportunity for collaboration and gives all youth a chance to become STEM experts.
The BSA launched the STEM Scouts pilot program in 2014 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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WHAT IS STEM SCOUTS?

STEM Scouts is a national pilot program from the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), focused on fun ways for girls and boys, grades 3 - 12, to learn more about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Using hands-on activities, STEM Scouts also encourages young minds’ natural curiosity and helps build interest in the STEM-related careers that are so crucial to our future economy.

The BSA launched the STEM Scouts pilot program in 2014 in Knoxville, Tennessee, giving youth – both boys and girls – a new way to learn about STEM outside of the classroom.
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benefits

Develop Skills

The experiments in STEM labs are a chance to be creative, develop your leadership, problem-solving, teamwork and communications skills and learn to think like a STEM professional.

Build a Career

STEM Scouts helps pave the way for an exciting future career. STEM jobs are projected to grow 17 percent by 2018, and STEM salaries average 26 percent more than salaries for non-STEM jobs.

Prepare for the Future

Interaction with STEM professionals, research skills and the opportunity to publish your work in a peer-reviewed journal all increase your chances for college scholarships.

Learn by Doing

You will see how real people in real companies use hands-on experiments like the ones you do in the STEM lab to invent new technologies, machines, medicines and ideas that change lives.